Means of Ascent (116 page)

LBJ’s rise to power in,
16.1
,
18.1
; seniority system,
18.2

U.S. Supreme Court:

first black Justice on

Fortas strategy in LBJ’s appeal,
15.1
,
15.2

hearing of LBJ’s appeal,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3

LBJ’s motion granted,
15.1
,
15.2

Stevenson’s petition rejected

University of Texas,
4.1
,
4.2
,
8.1
,
8.2

urban area campaigning,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1

“Valley” country (Texas),
9.1
,
16.1

in 1941 election

in 1948 election,
9.1
,
9.2
,
13.1
; first primary results,
11.1
; runoff primary results,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3

1948 vote stealing in,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
; Stevenson’s investigation,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2

Stevenson’s victories before 1948 in,
9.1
,
11.1
,
14.1
,
14.2

voting practices in,
9.1
,
11.1
,
13.1

see also
Duval County; Jim Wells County; Precinct 13

Vandenberg, Arthur

Van Duzen, Dr. R. E.

Van Zandt, James,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2

vaqueros
,
9.1

Vernell, Jake

veterans,
see
war veterans

Vietnam War,
itr.1

Vinson, Carl,
2.1
,
2.2
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
7.1
,
7.2

and
n.
,
7.1
,
7.2

Vinson, Fred M.,
7.1
,
7.2

voter registration, of Southern blacks

votes (and voting):

buying of,
1.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2

canvass and certification process

of dead and absent persons, in Precinct 13 runoff of 1948,
14.1
,
15.1
,
16.1
; LBJ’s joke about,
16.2

irregularities,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
14.1

lopsidedness, 1948 vs. earlier elections,
14.1

miscounts: dishonest,
9.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
13.5
,
13.6
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
; honest,
13.7
,
13.8
,
13.9
,
13.10

recounting and corrections in 1948,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
compared to earlier elections,
14.3

stealing of,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
16.1

voting machines,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3

voting rights

for blacks,
itr.1
,
itr.2

legislation of 1965,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
itr.3

Voting Rights Act of 1965,
itr.1
,
itr.2

Wabash Cannonball
(B-26),
3.1
,
3.2

Wade, Ross

Wake Island, fall of

Walker, A. W.

Walker, Radioman-gunner Lillis

“walking delegates”,
12.1
;
see also
“missionaries” Wallace, George C.,
itr.1

Wallace, Henry,
3.1
,
12.1

Wall Street Journal, The
,
6.1

War on Poverty, xii,
itr.1

War Production Board,
4.1
,
4.2

war veterans:

1948 debate on benefits

used in LBJ’s campaign,
11.1
,
13.1

Washington, D.C.:

Civil Rights March of 1963,
itr.1

Stevenson’s trip and press conference,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

Washington, George

Washington Post
,
itr.1
,
6.1

Washington Star
,
6.1

Watson, Edwin M. (Pa),
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
5.1

Wayne, John

Webb, Walter Prescott

Webb County, Tex.,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
13.1

1948 primary results in,
11.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
16.1

Weber, O. J.,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
5.1
,
6.1

Weedin, Harfield,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4

Weeks, Douglas O.

Weisl, Edwin,
2.1
,
3.1
,
6.1

“We Shall Overcome”, history of hymn,
itr.1
–xvi,
itr.2
–xix,
itr.3
,
itr.4

West, J. M., and sons,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4

West, Wesley,
6.1
,
12.1

WFAA radio

Wheeler, Keith

whisper campaigns,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

White, Theodore H., on LBJ

White, William S.

White House:

demonstrations at: civil rights,
itr.1
,
itr.2
–xix,
itr.3
; Vietnam War,
itr.4

of FDR, in 1941–42

LBJ’s access to,
7.1
,
7.2

of Truman

Wichita Falls, Tex.,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4

Wicker, Tom,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
16.1

Wild, Claude C.,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1

Williams, Aubrey

Williamsburg
, the,
7.1

Wilson, Woodrow

Winchell, Walter,
3.1
,
5.1

wiretapping, suspected in 1948 campaign

Wirtz, Alvin J.,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
16.1

in federal court hearings on 1948 election fraud,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
; in Supreme Court,
15.4

and KTBC acquisition by LBJ,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
,
6.6

and KTBC advertisers,
6.1
,
6.2

LBJ’s adviser,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1

and LBJ’s betrayal of Rayburn

and LBJ’s 1941 Senate race

and LBJ’s 1948 Senate race,
7.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
13.1
; dealings with Parr,
9.1
,
9.2
,
13.2
; Loyalist deal obtained,
14.1
,
14.2
; post-election

vote dispute calls,
13.1
,
16.1
; and 333,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3

as 1948 Democratic State Convention Subcommittee member,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3

quoted, on blacks

WOAI radio

women’s vote, pursuit of,
12.1
,
12.2

Woods, Wilton,
12.1
,
12.2

Woodward, Warren,
7.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
18.1

as 1948 campaign aide to LBJ,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
11.10
,
11.11
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1

Wooldridge Park campaign rally (1948),
10.1
,
10.2

World War II,
2.1
,
5.1
,
5.2

LBJ’s deception of voters about “active” service,
2.1
,
2.2
; continued in 1948 campaign,
11.1

LBJ’s home front jobs,
2.1
,
3.1
; Navy-New Zealand liaison assignment,
2.2
; shipyard training program inspection assignment,
2.3
,
2.4

LBJ’s observer duty on Southwest Pacific Survey team,
2.1
,
3.1
; exaggerated stories,
3.2
,
11.1

in the Pacific,
see
Pacific theater

Worley, Eugene

Wortham, Gus

Wright, Fay,
see
Stevenson, Fay Wright

WTAW radio,
6.1
,
6.2

Wurzbach, Harry
,

Yarborough, Ralph

Young, Andrew

Young, Harold H.,
3.1
,
12.1

Young Democrats
,

Zapata County, Tex.

1948 first primary results

1948 runoff results,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
16.1
; fraud and fraudulent “corrections” of,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
,
16.2
; fraud probe by Master-in-Chancery,
15.6
,
15.7
,
15.8
,
15.9

Ziegler, Tony
,
n
.